#D9E856#D9E856

#D9E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.167 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E856
RGB	rgb(217, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -23.60, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 70.92, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0703 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.167 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1530, 73.1378, 19.8032)
Luminance	0.7314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E856 #6556E8

analogous

#E8AE56 #D9E856 #90E856

triadic

#D9E856 #56D9E8 #E856D9

tetradic

#D9E856 #56E8AE #6556E8 #E85690

square

#D9E856 #56E8AE #6556E8 #E85690

split-complementary

#D9E856 #5690E8 #AE56E8

monochromatic

#9DAC17 #CDE120 #D9E856 #E5EF8C #F1F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D9E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#D9E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E856

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E856	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.167 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8c',
    500: '#d9e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e856;
$custom-light: #e8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89285,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E856

secondary

#4135AD

accent

#0DD822

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E856

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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